U.S. patent application number 11/111546 was filed with the patent office on 2006-10-26 for closure device having ventilating structure.
Invention is credited to Shao Chin Cheng.
Application Number | 20060240765 11/111546 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37187557 |
Filed Date | 2006-10-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060240765 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Cheng; Shao Chin |
October 26, 2006 |
Closure device having ventilating structure
Abstract
A closure device includes an outer sash fixedly secured between
the sill and the head members of a frame and having a number of
orifices formed in a sheet member, and a slidable inner sash
slidably disposed between the sill and the head members and having
a number of apertures arranged to be selectively offset from the
orifices of the fixed sash, or selectively aligned with the
orifices of the fixed sash and to allow air to selectively flow
through the apertures of the sheet member of the slidable sash. A
number of plugs may be attached to the orifices of the fixed sash
and each has a hole for selectively offsetting from and aligning
with the apertures of the sheet member of the slidable sash.
Inventors: |
Cheng; Shao Chin; (Changhua
Hsien, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
CHARLES E. BAXLEY, ESQ.
90 JOHN STREET
THIRD FLOOR
NEW YORK
NY
10038
US
|
Family ID: |
37187557 |
Appl. No.: |
11/111546 |
Filed: |
April 20, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
454/334 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F24F 13/068 20130101;
F24F 2110/70 20180101; F24F 2110/72 20180101; F24F 13/12 20130101;
Y02B 30/70 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
454/334 |
International
Class: |
F24F 7/00 20060101
F24F007/00 |
Claims
1. A closure device comprising: a frame including a sill member and
a head member, a fixed outer sash including a sheet member fixedly
secured between said sill and said head members, and including a
plurality of orifices formed therein, and a slidable inner sash
including a sheet member slidably disposed between said sill and
said head members, and including a plurality of apertures formed
therein, and arranged to be selectively offset from said orifices
of said fixed sash, or arranged to be selectively aligned with said
orifices of said fixed sash and to allow air to flow through said
apertures of said sheet member of said slidable sash when said
sheet member of said slidable sash is moved relative to said sheet
member of said fixed sash.
2. The closure device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sill and
said head members each includes a rail provided therein to slidably
attach said sheet member of said slidable sash.
3. The closure device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said slidable
sash includes at least one wheel attached to said sheet member
thereof, for engaging with said rail, and for facilitating a
sliding movement of said sheet member of said slidable sash along
said rail of said frame.
4. The closure device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fixed
sash includes a plurality of plugs attached to said orifices of
said sheet member respectively, and each having a hole formed
therein, for selectively offsetting from and for selectively
aligning with said apertures of said sheet member of said slidable
sash.
5. The closure device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said plugs
each includes two peripheral flanges extended radially and
outwardly therefrom, for engaging with said sheet member of said
fixed sash, and for securing and anchoring said plugs to said sheet
member of said fixed sash.
6. The closure device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said holes of
said plugs are inclined outwardly and downwardly relative to said
sheet member of said slidable sash, to prevent water or rain from
flowing through said inclined holes of said plugs.
7. The closure device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said orifices
of said sheet member of said fixed sash include an inner diameter
greater than that of said apertures of said sheet member of said
slidable sash, for attaching said plugs.
8. The closure device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising
means for moving said sheet member of said slidable sash relative
to said sheet member of said fixed sash.
9. The closure device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said moving
means includes a pusher engaged with said sheet member of said
slidable sash, to selectively move said sheet member of said
slidable sash relative to said sheet member of said fixed sash.
10. The closure device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said moving
means includes a moving device coupled to said pusher, to operate
said pusher.
11. The closure device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said moving
means includes a detector coupled to said moving device, to
selectively operate said moving device.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a window or door closure
device, and more particularly to a window or door closure device
having an air ventilating structure for air to selectively
circulate through the closure devices.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Typical closure devices, such as windows, doors, transoms,
sliding blinds, or the like, comprise one or more, such as two
panels slidably received in a sash or window frame or door frame,
and movable relative to each other, for allowing the closure
devices to be selectively opened or closed.
[0005] For example, U.S. Pat. No. 324,384 to Jewett discloses one
of the typical sliding blinds which also comprise two or more
panels slidably received in a window or door frame or sash, and
movable relative to each other, for selectively opening and closing
the closure devices. However, the sliding panels should include air
circulating holes or orifices formed therein, through which rain or
inset or dust may enter into the house buildings.
[0006] It is to be noted that the air circulating holes or orifices
of the sliding panels are normally inclined inwardly and downwardly
relative to the house buildings, such that the rain may easily flow
through the air circulating holes or orifices of the sliding panels
and then enter into the house buildings.
[0007] U.S. Pat. No. 4,554,770 to Anders discloses a typical
horizontal sliding window with removable fixed sash, and also
comprising two or more panels slidably received in a window or door
frame or sash, and movable relative to each other, for selectively
opening and closing the closure devices. However, when the sliding
panels are moved relative to each other to the opening position,
the typical sliding window should be widely opened, such that the
rain or inset or dust may also easily enter into the house
buildings.
[0008] In addition, in some of the huge constructions or house
buildings, the outer peripheral portions thereof may be attached
and enclosed with fixed glass windows that may not be opened, such
that air may not enter into the house buildings naturally, and such
that air conditioning facilities should be energized or operated
all day long, and may consume much electric energy.
[0009] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate
the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional closure
devices.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
a window or door closure device including an air ventilating
structure for air to selectively circulate through the closure
devices.
[0011] In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is
provided a closure device comprising a frame including a sill
member and a head member, a fixed outer sash including a sheet
member fixedly secured between the sill and the head members, and
including a plurality of orifices formed therein, and a slidable
inner sash including a sheet member slidably disposed between the
sill and the head members, and including a plurality of apertures
formed therein, and arranged to be selectively offset from the
orifices of the fixed sash, or arranged to be selectively aligned
with the orifices of the fixed sash and to allow air to flow
through the apertures of the sheet member of the slidable sash when
the sheet member of the slidable sash is moved relative to the
sheet member of the fixed sash.
[0012] The sill and the head members each includes a rail provided
therein to slidably attach the sheet member of the slidable sash.
The slidable sash includes at least one wheel attached to the sheet
member thereof, for engaging with the rail, and for facilitating a
sliding movement of the sheet member of the slidable sash along the
rail of the frame.
[0013] The fixed sash includes a plurality of plugs attached to the
orifices of the sheet member respectively, and each having a hole
formed therein, for selectively offsetting from and for selectively
aligning with the apertures of the sheet member of the slidable
sash. The plugs each includes two peripheral flanges extended
radially and outwardly therefrom, for engaging with the sheet
member of the fixed sash, and for securing and anchoring the plugs
to the sheet member of the fixed sash.
[0014] The holes of the plugs are inclined outwardly and downwardly
relative to the sheet member of the slidable sash, to prevent water
or rain from flowing through the inclined holes of the plugs. The
orifices of the sheet member of the fixed sash include an inner
diameter greater than that of the apertures of the sheet member of
the slidable sash, for attaching the plugs.
[0015] A moving device may further be provided for moving the sheet
member of the slidable sash relative to the sheet member of the
fixed sash, for example, the moving device may include a pusher
engaged with the sheet member of the slidable sash, to selectively
move the sheet member of the slidable sash relative to the sheet
member of the fixed sash.
[0016] For example, the moving device may include a motor or a
hydraulic device coupled to the pusher, to operate the pusher. A
detector may be coupled to the moving device, to selectively
operate the moving device, when detecting that the content of the
carbon oxide (CO) or the carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) in the house
buildings is over a predetermined level, for example, to prevent
the users from being suffocated inadvertently.
[0017] Further objectives and advantages of the present invention
will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed
description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the
accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] FIG. 1 is a partial exploded view of a closure device in
accordance with the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the closure device,
in which a portion of the closure device has been cut off to shown
an inner structure of the closure device;
[0020] FIG. 3 is another partial perspective view illustrating the
operation of the closure device;
[0021] FIG. 4 is another partial exploded view illustrating the
other arrangement of the closure device;
[0022] FIG. 5 is a plan schematic view of the closure device;
and
[0023] FIG. 6 is another plan schematic view similar to FIG. 5,
illustrating the operation of the closure device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0024] Referring to the drawings, and initially to FIGS. 1 and 2, a
closure device in accordance with the present invention is provided
or arranged for mounting in an opening in a house building, and
functioned as a door, a window, a sliding blind, a transom, or the
like, and comprises a frame 1 including a horizontal sill member 10
and a horizontal head member 10 each having one or more rails 11,
12, 13 formed or provided therein, such as two rails 11, 12 (FIGS.
1-3), three rails 11-13 (FIG. 4), or the like.
[0025] A fixed outer sash 3 includes a glass or sheet member 30
stably or fixedly disposed or secured in one of the rails 12 of the
members 10, and a slidable inner sash 2 also includes a glass or
sheet member 20 slidably disposed or attached in the other rail 11,
and disposed or arranged parallel to the fixed outer sash 3, and
arranged to slide relative to the sheet member 30 of the fixed
outer sash 3. As shown in FIG. 4, a screen 70 may further be
provided and disposed or attached to the further rail 13.
[0026] The frame 1 may further includes one or more vertical
splines 14 and/or one or more vertical jamb members 15 disposed or
attached to the sides of the horizontal sill and the head members
10 and/or to the sides of the fixed outer sash 3, in which the
vertical splines 14 may each include a serrated or flexible portion
16 formed or provided therein, for snugly or sealingly engaged with
the vertical jamb members 15 and/or the sheet members 20, 30 of the
sashes 2, 3, for example.
[0027] As shown in FIG. 4, a gasket or sealing strip 17 may further
be provided and disposed or attached to the outer peripheral
portion of the sheet member 30 of the fixed outer sash 3 and the
horizontal sill and the head members 10 and the vertical splines 14
or the vertical jamb members 15, for making or forming a water
tight seal therebetween, and for preventing water or rain from
passing through the fixed outer sash 3 and from entering into the
frame 1. The slidable inner sash 2 may further include one or more
rollers or wheels 23 attached to the sheet member 20 (FIG. 1), for
engaging with the rail 11 of the frame 10, and for facilitating the
sliding movement of the sheet member 20 along the rail 11 of the
frame 10.
[0028] The sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3 includes a number of
orifices 31 formed therein, and the sheet member 20 of the slidable
sash 2 also includes a number of apertures 21 formed therein, and
arranged to be selectively aligned with the orifices 31 of the
sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3 (FIGS. 1-3 and 5), or to be
offset from the orifices 31 of the sheet member 30 of the fixed
sash 3 (FIG. 6), when or by moving the sheet member 20 of the
slidable sash 2 relative to the sheet member 30 of the fixed sash
3.
[0029] A number of blocks or plugs 40 may further be provided and
disposed or attached or engaged into the orifices 31 of the sheet
member 30 of the fixed sash 3 respectively, and each includes a
hole 41 formed or provided therein, and also arranged for
selectively offsetting from the apertures 21 of the sheet member 20
of the slidable sash 2 (FIG. 6), or for aligning with the apertures
21 of the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2 (FIGS. 2-3 and 5),
to allow the air to selectively flow through the apertures 21 of
the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2 and thus to flow into
the house buildings.
[0030] Each of the plugs 40 includes two peripheral flanges 42
extended radially and outwardly from the two end portions thereof
respectively, for engaging with the sheet member 30 of the fixed
sash 3, and thus for securing or anchoring the plugs 40 to the
sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3. It is preferable that the
holes 41 of the plugs 40 are inclined outwardly and downwardly
relative to the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2 or the house
buildings, best shown in FIG. 3, to prevent the water or the rain
from flowing through the inclined holes 41 of the plugs 40, and
thus to prevent the water or the rain from entering into the house
buildings.
[0031] It is further preferable that the orifices 31 of the sheet
member 30 of the fixed sash 3 include an inner diameter greater
than that of the apertures 21 of the sheet member 20 of the
slidable sash 2, and the holes 41 of the plugs 40 include an inner
diameter identical or close to that of the apertures 21 of the
sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2, for suitably aligning with
the apertures 21 of the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2.
[0032] In operation, the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2 may
be moved relative to the sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3
manually by the users, or automatically by a motorized pusher 51
(FIGS. 5, 6), in order to selectively align the apertures 21 of the
sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2 and/or the holes 41 of the
plugs 40 with the orifices 31 of the sheet member 30 of the fixed
sash 3 (FIGS. 1-3 and 5), to allow the air to selectively flow
through the apertures 21 of the sheet member 20 of the slidable
sash 2 and then to flow into the house buildings.
[0033] On the contrary, the apertures 21 of the sheet member 20 of
the slidable sash 2 and/or the holes 41 of the plugs 40 may also be
selectively offset from the orifices 31 of the sheet member 30 of
the fixed sash 3 (FIG. 6), when or by moving the sheet member 20 of
the slidable sash 2 relative to the sheet member 30 of the fixed
sash 3 manually by the users, or automatically by the motorized
pusher 51, to block the orifices 31 of the sheet member 30 of the
fixed sash 3, and thus to prevent the air or the water from
entering into the house buildings.
[0034] As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, the motorized pusher 51 may be
engaged with the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2, and
coupled to and operated or actuated by such as a motor 50, a
hydraulic actuator 50, or other actuating or moving means or
devices 50, in order to move the sheet member 20 of the slidable
sash 2 relative to the sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3. A
sensor or detector 60 may further be provided for detecting the air
quality or the air quantity or air content or the content of the
carbon oxide (CO) or the carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) in the house
buildings, for example.
[0035] In addition, the sensor or detector 60 may be attached or
coupled to the moving devices 50, in order to actuate the moving
devices 50 to move the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2
relative to the sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3, and to align
the apertures 21 of the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2
and/or the holes 41 of the plugs 40 with the orifices 31 of the
sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3, and to allow the air to flow
into the house buildings, when the sensor or detector 60 has
detected that the content of the carbon oxide (CO) or the carbon
dioxide (CO.sub.2) in the house buildings is over a predetermined
level, for example, and thus to prevent the users from being
suffocated inadvertently.
[0036] It is to be noted that the blocks or plugs 40 are shown to
be provided and disposed or attached or engaged into the orifices
31 of the sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3 respectively,
however, the blocks or plugs 40 may also be selectively attached to
the sheet member 20 of the slidable sash 2 instead of the fixed
sash 3. The orifices 31 are not required to be formed and inclined
relative to the sheet member 30 of the fixed sash 3, to allow the
orifices 31 to be formed and manufactured relatively easier,
because it will be difficult to form inclined orifices 31 in the
glass or sheet members 30.
[0037] Accordingly, the window or door closure device in accordance
with the present invention includes an air ventilating structure
for air to selectively circulate through the closure devices.
[0038] Although this invention has been described with a certain
degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present
disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous
changes in the detailed construction and the combination and
arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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